CONSTELLATION OF HYDRUS

Name: Hydrus
Abbreviation: Hyi
Meaning: Water Snake
Right Ascension: 0.05 - 4.40h
Declination: -58º - -82º
Area (Degrees squared): 243
Stars with known planets: 1
Bordering Constellations: Dorado, Eridanus, Horologium, Mensa, Octans, Phoenix, Reticulum, Tucana

Visible at latitudes between +8º and -90º in the southern hemisphere and best at mid-evening during November.

Hydrus was one of the 12 constellations introduced at the end of the 16th century by the Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. It first appeared on Petrus Plancius’ globe of 1598.